What happens when someone with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a whole host of other invisible ailments tries to keep up with normal humans for a week and a half? Let’s find out!
An intimate look at the reality of how chronic illness alters romantic relationships and how we view ourselves.
Living on disability comes with the added stress of knowing you may be ripped off of it at any point for any reason – completely vulnerable to the whims of someone you’ve never met.
After more than 15 years on the system I’m still fighting to prove I actually do suffer greatly from an undiagnosed mystery illness.
How can preferred pronouns hurt you when your medical records are shared?
How what started as a social welfare net turned into a punishment.
…and many people are capable of hiding chronic pain in the same way an injured animal might if there’s a wolf looking at them.
Well if you’ve been following this blog you know that a few months ago I was told I was being thrown off disability when they determined I’d “improved enough to have gainful employment.” So since the end of October I
Whether my life is falling apart or going well I am having a hard time feeling anything at all.
It’s no real secret that Western Medicine is deeply uncomfortable admitting that there is a mind and body connection when it comes to the health of an individual. This often mixes with a deep unspoken systematic misogyny that colors a